Wisconsin basketball veteran forward enters NCAA transfer portal

Wisconsin veteran forward Chris Hodges entered the NCAA transfer portal on Wednesday.

The graduate transfer played four seasons with the Badgers after originally joining the program as a three-star recruit in the class of 2021, committing over other offers from DePaul, Loyola, Miami (OH) and Rutgers.

Hodges redshirted on Wisconsin's 2021-22 Big Ten title team before appearing in 40 games over the next three seasons. He was a reserve forward through that time, playing just 30, 21 and 15 total minutes as a redshirt freshman, sophomore and junior, respectively. The former three-star recruit tallied four total points, nine rebounds, two assists, a steal and four blocks in that limited playing time.

The Schaumburg, Illinois, native enters the portal with a final year of eligibility remaining. He is the third Badger to transfer since the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, following veteran guard Camren Hunter and former top recruit Daniel Freitag. Those three follow a large departing senior class of Max Klesmit, Kamari McGee, Carter Gilmore, Steven Crowl, John Tonje and Markus Ilver.

Wisconsin has yet to land a transfer commitment at this early stage in the cycle. That may change in the coming days, as the program was recently predicted to edge North Carolina for a top-ranked guard and is a finalist for a sharpshooting freshman forward.

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